Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Gas & Water, Non-Metal Minerals and Retail sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Yokogawa Electric Corp. (TYO:6841), which rose 12.81% or 257.00 points to trade at 2,264.00 at the close. IHI Corp. (TYO:7013) added 8.44% or 241.00 points to end at 3,095.00 and Nippon Yusen K.K (TYO:9101) was up 5.39% or 500.00 points to 9,770.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (TYO:5541), which lost 21.88% or 700.00 points to trade at 2,500.00 in late trade. Shizuoka Bank Ltd (TYO:8355) declined 6.56% or 56.00 points to end at 798.00 and Resona Holdings, Inc. (TYO:8308) shed 5.50% or 30.00 points to 515.90.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2002 to 1483 and 241 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.14% to 29.71.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 1.93% or 1.93 to $101.69 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 2.00% or 2.05 to hit $104.51 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.32% or 5.83 to trade at $1,846.83 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.34% to 129.99, while EUR/JPY fell 0.09% to 137.18.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 103.71.